The search for missing school teacher Terrilynn Monette has led investigators to Bayou St. John, where crews have begun pulling vehicles out of the water in the hope of finding more clues as the date of her disappearance moves further into the past.

The search for the missing 26-year-old Woodland Elementary teacher is well into its second month, and there are still no signs of where she might be. Monette was last seen March 2 at Parlay's Bar in Lakeview.

A diver and two local salvage teams spent Monday pulling six vehicles from the waterway, focusing on the part of the bayou near Florida Avenue and Wisner Boulevard.

"Every time we pull a car out of the water, I call her mom and let her mom know that it's not the car we're looking for," said state Rep. Austin Badon. "No news is good news."

"Some of them have been in the water for a while, and especially the new cars, a lot of them are made with plastic polymer, so they break up when we try to pull them out," he added.

"Hopefully, she's not in here," said volunteer Zabian Rowe. "Hopefully, we find her somewhere safe one day."

Rowe is one of the many volunteers who have searched for weeks in the areas around City Park, New Orleans East, Metairie and Kenner. They also had fundraisers to increase the amount of reward money being offered.

"I told her mom the first week that I would search for Terrilyn until I found her," Rowe said.

"I just hope that the family will have some closure behind this," said concerned citizen Noble Scott. "That's somebody's child. That's what hurt me the most."

Authorities expect the process to last two to three days, and depending on the outcome, the ground search for Monette could resume shortly thereafter.

"It's a mystery," Badon said last week. "Personally, I think that something tragic has happened."

The New Orleans Democrat, who is spearheading the removal of submerged cars from Bayou St. John, said it's what people don't see that is the most unsettling.

Badon said Monette's 2013 Honda Accord could be among 25 vehicles detected last month by divers inspecting the murky waterway.

"One of these cars could be hers," said Badon. "We looked at those cars through sonar. We identified them as cars and trucks, so we want to start removing those vehicles, physically eying them, making sure that none of these vehicles are her car."

Badon said local salvage company Real Towing is paying to extract the vehicles from the majestic waterway that runs along City Park, which has been the primary focus of the search where for weeks family, friends and volunteers have concentrated their efforts.

"We have some evidence that says that in all likelihood she is somewhere in the Greater New Orleans Area, but we just don't know where," said Badon, who added that the hope is to bring the family answers and closure.